11b. Irish and Northern Ireland Trains

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Irish Republic Trains

Diesel-electric locomotives

CIE Class 071 NIR Class 111 Co-Co diesel locomotives

Class 071 diesel loco 075

Class IE 201

220

4002

Diesel locomotive 227 in Connolly Motive Power Depot MPD

227 is a Co-Co Class 201 locomotive (Type C), named 'RIVER LAUNE'

IE 201 Class diesel-electric locomotives: The Iarnród Éireann (IE) 201 Class locomotives are the newest and most powerful diesel locomotives operating in Ireland, and were built between 1994 and 1995 by General Motors. They are model type JT42HCW, fitted with an EMD 12-710G3B engine of 3200 hp, weigh ~109 tonnes with a maximum speed of 164 km/h (102 mph).

Express DMU units

Class 22000

22 206 22206 with a Waterford to Limerick train at Waterford station

2 x 3-carriage units 22304 (22 304) and 22302 (22 302) at Tara Street station with a train for Drogheda

22224

The Class 22000 DMUs have been built by Rotum from 1996 onwards.

DMU 22256 at the rear of a Waterford - Limerick train

Class 22000 22206 at Malahide

Class 22000 express DMUs 22137 and 22337 with the early morning train from Dublin Connolly station to Belfast Central station

22360 at Waterford

Class 22000 DMU unit 22137 at Belfast Central

22260 at Limerick Junction

22241 at Limerick Junction

2814

Commuter DMU units

Class 29000

Class 29000 unit 29108 entering Connolly station. Class 29000 DMUs have been built by CAF (Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles) from 2002 onwards.

Class 29000 DMU 29425 in Connolly station (Class 22? on left)

Class 29000 DMU 29113 at Connolly Street station with a train for Maynooth

Commuter train 29115 and 29415 at Tara Street station with a train for Rosslare Europort

Tara Street station

Class 29000 29426 Train from Maynooth to Pearse Station

Class 29000 DMU 29170 at Tara Street station

Class 29000 unit 29110 at Tara Street

Class 29000 DMU 29417 in green livery

Class 29000 DMUs 29420 and 29120 at Tara Street station leaving with a train for Maynooth

DMU Class ??

02 2806 0 at Limerick Junction with a local train from Limerick

DMU at Limerick

2804

2803

2806

DART units

DART Class 8200 unit 8326 and Class 8520 unit 8636 at Tara Street station

Class 8520 DART 8601 leaving Tara Street station with a train for Howth

Class 8520 DART unit 8614

6 coach DART at Malahide headed by Class 8100 unit 8126

Luas - Dublin tram service

Luas unit 3005 at Connolly station

Luas uint 3019 in the colouyrful SKY livery, entering Connolly Street station

Northern Ireland Trains

The busy Belfast Central station

Local services in Northern Ireland are run by the successful stated owned and run Translink NI Railways

NIR Class 3000 Diesel Multiple Units

Class 3000 DMU 3016. Class 3000 DMUs were built for NIR by CAF in 2005

DMU Class 3000 unit 3015 train for Victoria Street station, Belfast

Class 3000 unit 3013 train for Portadown

Class 3000 DMU unit 3003 not in service, leaving Belfast Central station.

NIR Class 4000 Diesel Multiple Units

Class 4000 4005 train for Victoria Street. Class 4000 were built for NIR by CAF in 2011

Class 4000 DMU 4012 with a train for Larne Harbour

NIR Class 4000 DMU 4007 at Belfast central station with a service to Londonderry

Class 4000 unit 4011 train at Belfast Central station with an NIR service for Portadown

Other 'train' vehicles or wagons

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